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EXCLUSIVE: Eric Warren Singer, the co-writer and exec producer for the Oscar-nominated David O Russell-directed American Hustle, has returned to CAA. Singer left the agency almost a year ago and spent the past 10 months at UTA. He most recently turned in a rewrite of No Exit, which Joseph Kosinski will direct for…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.FLEMING: Jennifer Lawrence is arguably the highest paid female Hollywood star, but she came out swinging this week on the unfair…

Though she has become one of Hollywood’s best-paid movie stars of any gender, who better than Jennifer Lawrence to carry the mantle of getting actresses comparable paydays to male movie stars? She comes out swinging in an essay for <a…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has brought Oscar-nominated writer Eric Warren Singer into the agency fold, signing him over the weekend. Singer shared screenplay credit and an Oscar nom with David O Russell for American Hustle, and he also scripted the Tom Tykwer-directed The International. He adapted the Robert Stone novel Damascus G…

The New York Film Critics Circle said today it will vote for its 2015 awards on December 1, again placing it first in the derby for what critics think during awards season. The gala dinner is set for January 5, 2015. Over the past couple of years, the NYFCC has jumped to the front of the pack among a spate of early…

A pair of flicks that were shut out at the Oscars on Sunday lead the field for the erstwhile music network’s film nods. American Hustle and The Wolf Of Wall Street snagged eight noms apiece for the 23rd MTV Movie Awards. Close behind are The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with seven and We’re The Millers with six…

The Academy’s membership will reveal its Best Picture choice later today, but the social-media universe has already picked its Oscar favorite, and by a wide margin: The Wolf Of Wall Street. Social-media marketing and analytics company RelishMix looked at nearly 40 million data points — tweets, YouTube video reposts…

This column originally ran Thursday.
With no real clarity from the usually reliable guild contests and critics awards, the best picture race is one of the most unpredictable in years. Considering the preferential Oscar voting system, it is not probable there will be a winner on the first ballot because it's unlikely…

The best holds going into the Oscar weekend in the Top 20 at the box office are, as expected, those films nominated for Best Picture. There are two things that traditionally happen at the box office right before the Academy Awards. First, all the nominated films still playing receive a bump the weekend before and of…

In advance of Sunday’s Oscars, CBS News has posted a 60 MinutesOvertime “Rewind” — Mike Wallace’s April 12, 1981 interview with real-life self-described swindler Mel Weinberg, who was portrayed by Christian Bale in American Hustle, which has a total of 10 Oscar noms, including one for Bale. The actor spent time with…

Last chance Academy members — and you know who you are.
Voting for the 86th Annual Academy Awards closes today at 5 PM PT, but because of the Academy’s 2-year-old venture into online voting, members who opted in for that option actually have the luxury of time today getting their ballots in. Of course, if you are one…